Questiones eua[n]gelio[rum] ta[m] de tempore [quam] de sanctis collecte [per] Reuerendu[m] dominu[m] Iohannem de turre cremata ep[istolae]m Sabinen[sem] sancte Romane ecclesie Cardinalem sancti Sixti.

Title from leaf dd2 recto.

Imprint from ISTC.

[headline] "Prologus [C]Vm ad pleniorem [con]gnit[i]one[m] rei ordo deducat :"--Leaf a2r, col. 1. "Incipit materia aurea enucleata ex originalibus v[ir]tutu[m] et vicioru[m]. flos theologie nuncupata [beatu]m ordine[m] alphabeti [pro] sermonibus applicabilis. tam de tempore [quam] de sanctis totius anni"--Leaf g7r, col.1. "Questiones eua[n]gelio[rum] ta[m] de tempore [quam] de sanctis collecte [per] Reuerendu[m] dominu[m] Iohannem de turre cremata ep[istolae]m Sabinen[sem] sancte Romane ecclesie Cardinalem sancti Sixti. Incipit feliciter"--Leaf 2d2r col.1. ...

"Excellens opus d[omi]ni Ioha[n]nis de turrecremata s[an]c[t]e sedis apostolice cardinal[is] ordine p[rae]dicatorum tituli sancti sixti. questionu[m] dignissima[rum] cu[m] solutionib[us] earu[n]dem. circa text[us] Epistola[rum] atq[ue] euangelio[rum] ta[m] de t[em]p[or]e [quam] de s[an]c[t]is [et] festo[rum] emergentiu[m] toti[us] anni cu[m] introductionib[us] thematu[m] clarissimis de [quibus]cunq[ue] p[rae]dicare volentibus applicabiliu[m]. Cu[m] etia[m] tabula alphabetica ostendente suo ordine [et] loca [et] materias i[n] hoc egregio op[er]e co[n]tentas Quod apud fidei cultores dignissi[m]os sacre theologie [pro]fessores [pro]pter sui excellentiam flos theologie meruit nominari Anuo salutis. M. CCCC lxxxiiij. Mensis nouembris die vicesima feliciter consu[m]matu[m] est. Quem nec larga ceres stringit neq[ue] dona liei. Egregium artis opus suspice quisquis amas Hoc tibi fundit enim dauantria menia fulgens Richardi manibus suscipe q[uae]so pium"--Colophon Leaf 3k6v.

Author's name appears in reference source as: Johannes de Turrecremata.

Flos theologiae is frequently attributed to Nicolas de Byard and cited as his Dictionarius pauperum (Cf. ISTC (RLIN) it00553000). Torquemada scholars attribute the work to him. A recent discussion leaves the question open (Cf. Dictionnaire de spiritualité, v. 15, cols. 1052-1053).

Leaves unnumbered; first and last leaf blank.

Text printed in double columns in gothic type on paper watermarked with the letter 'P', pot, hand (similar to Briquet 11339-11415), and armorial mark with fleur-de-lis (similar to Briquet 1654-1656), and armorial mark with three fleur-de-lis (Briquet 1806).

Signatures: a-y⁸ z⁶ 2a⁶ 2b¹⁰ 2c-3b⁸ 3c-3f⁶⁻⁸ 3g⁸ 3h⁶ 3i⁸ 3k⁸ [$1-5 (-a1, z5, 2a5, 3c5, 3e5, 3e5, 3h5; + 2b6) signed]. b3 missigned q3.

207 (217) x 133 mm ; gothic 103 ; 40 lines of text and headline; initial spaces occupying 3,4 and 6 lines.

ISTC (RLIN), it00552000

BM 15th cent., IX, p. 44 (IB.47514)

Goff, T-552

Hain, 15717

Procter, 8951

Oates, 3428

Polain, 3873

Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand

Binding: contemporary binding in calf over 8mm wooden boards, rebacked and repaired retaining original covers and spine; covers blind tooled to a diaper design using small tools; lower board has outside bevels to accommodate now missing clasps; nail holes in board edges at corners of both boards indicate cornerpieces, now missing; spine with raised bands with double supports, blind tooled, black morocco spine label, gold tooled; cream endpapers, mended with brown tape in gutter. Spine title: De Turrecremata.

Provenance: rubricated throughout with initials, initial strokes, paragraph marks, and underlines in red. Ms note in red by rubricator Herbordum Wernyngh de Borchorst at end. A pencilled translation of this note on the final blank reads: “This most useful and praiseworthy work rubricated by me Herbordum Wernyngh de Borghorst [i.e. Borchorst], after printing, was paid (sold) for 26 shillings of solid money, without the binding, in the year of our Lord 1487 (thanks be to God) while I was then pastor in Vviden [i.e. Vreden], (and) at that time chief pastor.” Ms foliation in pen at outer edge of head margin begins on g7 ending bb10; missigning on leaf b3 corrected in ms.; some marginalia; first leaf repaired down fore-edge; leaves 1,7,8 badly soiled; some water stains at beginning and end, wormholes in tail margin of first five gatherings and in last three leaves. Alexander Turnbull Library copy lacking initial blank leaf, leaf a1 seems to have been replaced by leaf a8; vellum leaf with two natural holes inserted after bb10. Purchased from J.M.A. Ilott, February 1952 (cf Alexander Turnbull Library Purchase Book, 20 Dec. 1951-4 Aug 1966, ATL qMS-0041, p. 7). Acc. R1029.

Digital image available: upper cover of binding, Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Details on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.

Digital image available: rubricator's signature, Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Details on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.